Method and apparatus for controlling the brake system of a vehicle

US6131450A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heinz Decker · Leinfelden, DE
• Dieter Blattert · Lauffen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60T17/221
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a brake system with electromechanical actuation, a test run is carried out when the vehicle is started, in the course of which at least one wheel brake is acted on by a control signal, which corresponds to a predetermined minimum braking action. If this minimum braking action is not reached in any one of the wheel brakes, the parking brake is not unlocked.